ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT STUDY

for
DAHI MICRO LIFT IRRIGATION SCHEME
MADHYA PRADESH

Executive Summary
September, 2020

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NARMADA VALLEY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

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 CONTENTS

Page No.
1. PROJECT PROFILE 1
2. LOCATION 4
3. LAND REQUIREMENT 4
4. STUDY AREA 5
5. ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE STATUS 5
6. SOCIO ECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE STUDY/COMMAND AREA 5
7. IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND MITIGATION 7
8. FINANCIAL REQUIREMENT FOR MITIGATION & MANAGEMENT MEASURES 10
9 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMME 11
10 CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT RESPONSIBILITY PLAN 11
11. PROJECT BENEFITS 12
12. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (EMP) 12
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. PROJECT PROFILE
The project is a lift irrigation scheme; consisting of lifting water from Narmada river and
distribution through a pressurized piped system to cultivators for irrigation during Rabi
season. Water will be supplied upto 2.5 ha chak size under adequate pressure (minimum
23m head) for drip/sprinkler system to be installed by cultivators. The Project consists of
piped system with Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and have following
Components:

1. Pump Houses (5 numbers)

2. Rising mains (5 numbers) – MS pipeline
3. Gravity Main
4. Break Pressure Tank
5. Distribution Network (HDPE) from 20 ha chak to 2.5 ha chak
6. Flow & Pressure Control Valves, Air valves
7. Power Transmission Line

In Dahi Micro Lift Irrigation scheme, 16.06 cumec of water from Narmada river will be lifted
by using 5 pumps through various combinations of rising mains and gravity mains up to
Distribution network.

PH1 is proposed on Narmada River near village Katarkheda, Tehsil - Dahi, District Dhar. PH1
will lift water to PH2 through a RM1. Two rising mains are proposed from PH2. RM2A from
PH2 having length of 2.165 km will supply water to PH3 and RM2B of with length of 95m will
directly feed water to irrigate the CCA of 2730 ha. From PH3 three rising mains are
proposed. RM3A from PH3 having length of 1 km will directly feed water to irrigate 2780 Ha
CCA. RM3B from PH3 is proposed to carry the total discharge required to feed the area of
4026ha CCA proposed on branch outs provided along the route as well as for the irrigation
of area proposed under gravity main. BPT is proposed at the end of RM3B. The gravity main
off-taking from BPT provides water for the irrigation of 6829ha CCA. The alignment of
gravity main passes out of command area in some portion and then it enters into the
command from where the irrigation is proposed. Out of 1.00 cumec water supply provision,
0.40 cumec is let-out at PH-3 for water supply purpose and remaining discharge of 0.6
cumec is transferred for further provisions. The RM3C is proposed from PH3 to PH4 for
carrying the total discharge required for the irrigation of networks proposed from PH4 &
PH5 along with a discharge of 0.6 cumec provision made for water supply purposes. The 0.6
cumec discharge which is carried through RM3C will be made available at PH4 for water
supply purposes. From PH4 four rising mains are proposed. The RM4A, 4B & 4D from PH4

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having a length of 850 m, 755m & 205m will directly feed water to irrigate the adjacent
areas of 1986 Ha, 3171ha and 1814ha CCA respectively. The rising main RM4C from PH4 is
proposed to carry the total discharge required to feed the area of 2109ha CCA proposed on
branch outs provided along the route as well as for the irrigation of networks proposed
from PH5. From PH5 three rising mains namely RM5A, 5B & 5C having a length 75m, 20m &
695m are proposed for the irrigation of 2935ha, 9230ha & 9402ha respectively.

The project is designed to irrigate a total of 47,000 ha of CCA on covering 126 villages of 5
tehsils of Dhar and Alirajpur districts.

Details of pump houses and rising mains are given at Table 1.

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Table 1: Details of Pump Houses & Rising Mains

RM-3C
RM -1 RM-2A
(PH-3 RM- RM- RM-
[Link] Particulars (PH-1 to (PH-2 to RM-2B RM-3A RM-3B RM-4B RM-4C (PH-4 to PH-5) RM-5B RM-5C
to PH- 4A 4D 5A
PH-2) PH-3)
4)

Irrigable command area (ICA-

1 47000 44270 2730 2780 10855 30635 1986 3171 23676 22278 21567 1814 2935 9230 9402
HA)
2 Designed Discharge in Cumec 16.06 15.180 0.875 0.891 3.478 10.415 0.636 1.016 7.586 7.138 6.910 0.581 0.94 2.96 3.01
3 Length in metre 1705 2165 95 1000 1295 7785 850 755 8370 2650 4140 205 75 20 695
4 Lifting from (m) 110 178 178 284 284 284 325 325 325 325 325 325 325 325 325
5 Lifting up to (m) 178 284 299.35 363.35 409.5 325 452.1 406.5 325 325 325 357.44 359.51 431.47 429.00
6 Static Head for pumping (m) 68 106 121.35 79.35 125.5 41 127.1 81.5 0 0 0 32.44 34.51 106.47 104
7 Designed Discharge (Cumec) 16.06 15.18 0.88 0.89 3.48 10.42 0.64 1.02 7.59 7.14 6.91 0.58 0.94 2.96 3.01
8 Inner Diameter of pipe (mm) 3125 3050 750 750 1450 2500 650 800 2150 2100 2050 600 800 1350 1350
9 Velocity (m/sec) 2.095 2.08 1.98 2.02 2.11 2.12 1.92 2.02 2.09 2.06 2.09 2.06 1.87 2.07 2.10
10 No. of working pumps 4 6 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
11 Stand by 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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2. LOCATION
The project area lies in Dhar & Alirajpur Districts. The supply source i.e. River Narmada near
Katarkhedi village of Dhar District and command area lies in Dahi, Kukshi, Jobat, Sondwa &
Alirajpur tehsils of Dhar & Alirajpur districts. Project Location Map is given at Figure 1.

Figure 1: Location Map of the Project Area

3. LAND REQUIREMENT
Permanent Land Requirement
For the construction of pump-houses, sub-stations, valve chambers and staff quarters;
land would be required permanently. Permanent land requirement has been worked out
as 7 ha which would be met by private/ govt. land. The entire micro irrigation system has
been aligned in such a way that it passes through minimum forest area. However, for
laying of rising main, gravity main, electrical lines and establishment of permanent
structures 39.445 ha of forest land will be diverted.

Land for Transmission Lines

132 KV dedicated transmission line is required to bring power to the three pump-houses.
Power Line will be brought from 132KV SUSARI (Kukshi) substation; total length will be 27
Kms and 190 towers will be erected along the road for the purpose. Further for Pump
house 4 and 5, 33 KV dedicated transmission line will be required; total length is
calculated 38 kms and 950 two pole structures will be erected. Transmission line routes
are planned in a manner so that these towers will not be erected on forest land, however
in some part tower will be erected on forest land.

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Temporary Land for Laying of Pipeline

The pipe shall be laid 1.00 m below average ground level and land will be restored
immediately on completion of the work, therefore, no land for laying of pipes shall be
acquired permanently. Wherever, the pipeline will be passing through private land,
temporary land acquisition will be done as per Bhumigat pipeline laying act. Total
temporary private/ govt. land requirement is worked out as 47 ha.

4. STUDY AREA
The Study Area for assessment of environmental baseline status was delineated as follows
as defined in the standard ToR for irrigation projects:
• Area within 2.5 km buffer on either side of pipeline (water conductor system)
• Proposed Command area

Water Conductor System - The water conductor system is the piped network designed to
lift water from the canal and distribute in the command area.

Command Area - The command area of the Dahi Micro Irrigation Project is 47000 ha which
will be irrigated by drip/sprinkler irrigation under the proposed irrigation pr oject.

5. ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE STATUS

Environmental baseline status has been ascertained using secondary as well primary data.
Secondary data has been presented for meteorology, geomorphology, ground water,
cropping pattern, socio-economic parameters etc. Primary data has been collected for soil,
surface & ground water, air, noise, traffic and vegetation. Data has been presented in EIA
report in detail. Analysis Results of surface as well as ground water samples are within
permissible limits as per Inland surface water quality and drinking water standards. As per
land use map, study area has 72.03% of agriculture/fallow land, 8.79% of scrub land, 2.34%
water bodies, 1.24% settlement, 3.95% scrub forest and 11.65% of Deciduous Forest.

In command area agriculture is the dominant land use pattern. Agriculture is main land use
with 72.03%. Among the agricultural crops wheat, chillis, cotton, maize, lentil and linseed
are most common. For vegetation sampling, 6 locations have been identified. In order to
understand the general vegetation in the study area, inventory of plant species belonging
to different groups found in the study area was prepared and community structure in the
crop fields as well as scattered patches of trees was assessed through quadrat sampling. No
rare or endangered flora/fauna species are found in study area. Data has been presented in
EIA report.

6. SOCIO ECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE STUDY/ COMMAND AREA

Study/Command area comprises of 126 villages falling under Dahi and Kukshi Tehsils of
Dhar District and Alirajpur, Jobat and Sondwa Tehsils of Alirajpur District. The villages

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which are located in the command area have been termed as Project Benefited Villages.
List of command area villages is given in Table 2.

Table 2: List of Villages

S. No. District Tehsil Village Name 45 Dhar Dahi Rebarda
List of Villages in Dahi Tehsil 46 Dhar Dahi Siddi
1 Dhar Dahi Arada 47 Dhar Dahi Sindhyapani
2 Dhar Dahi Atarsuma 48 Dhar Dahi Temriya
3 Dhar Dahi Babali Bujurg 49 Dhar Dahi Thandla
4 Dhar Dahi Babali Khurd 50 Dhar Dahi Thegchya
5 Dhar Dahi Badwanya 51 Dhar Dahi Umarkua
6 Dhar Dahi Balwani 52 Dhar Dahi Ummedpura
7 Dhar Dahi Basnali 53 Dhar Dahi Umrali
8 Dhar Dahi Bhagawa List of Villages in Jobat Tehsil
9 Dhar Dahi Bodgaon 54 Alirajpur Jobat Baladmoong
10 Dhar Dahi Chakaliya 55 Alirajpur Jobat Barkheda
11 Dhar Dahi Chhediyapipal 56 Alirajpur Jobat Borjhad
12 Dhar Dahi Chichwaniya 57 Alirajpur Jobat Badaguda
13 Dhar Dahi Dewdha 58 Alirajpur Jobat Bada Khattali
14 Dhar Dahi Ghana 59 Alirajpur Jobat Betwasa
15 Dhar Dahi Dharamrai 60 Alirajpur Jobat Bhanpur
16 Dhar Dahi Dahi 61 Alirajpur Jobat Chagdi
17 Dhar Dahi Digavi 62 Alirajpur Jobat Chhoti Kahttali
18 Dhar Dahi Fifeda 63 Alirajpur Jobat Chamar Begda
19 Dhar Dahi Gajgota 64 Alirajpur Jobat Chhotaguda
20 Dhar Dahi Gangapur 65 Alirajpur Jobat Dabadi
21 Dhar Dahi Jalwat 66 Alirajpur Jobat Degaon
22 Dhar Dahi Jamda 67 Alirajpur Jobat Dehdala
23 Dhar Dahi Kalmani 68 Alirajpur Jobat Indwan
24 Dhar Dahi Kalmi 69 Alirajpur Jobat Jamni
25 Dhar Dahi Kankriya 70 Alirajpur Jobat Kanda
26 Dhar Dahi Karjwani 71 Alirajpur Jobat Kherwas
27 Dhar Dahi Katar Kheda 72 Alirajpur Jobat Khari
28 Dhar Dahi Kawada 73 Alirajpur Jobat Kadwal
29 Dhar Dahi Kharwat 74 Alirajpur Jobat Khutaja
30 Dhar Dahi Khatami 75 Alirajpur Jobat Motaumar
31 Dhar Dahi Khaydi 76 Alirajpur Jobat Nehtada
32 Dhar Dahi Kikarwasa 77 Alirajpur Jobat Rampura
33 Dhar Dahi Kotba 78 Alirajpur Jobat Sevad
34 Dhar Dahi Kua 79 Alirajpur Jobat Semlaya
35 Dhar Dahi Makadwani 80 Alirajpur Jobat Saikheda
36 Dhar Dahi Malpura 81 Alirajpur Jobat Sidgaon
37 Dhar Dahi Morasa 82 Alirajpur Jobat Sindi
38 Dhar Dahi Nalwaniya 83 Alirajpur Jobat Ublad
39 Dhar Dahi Narjhali 84 Alirajpur Jobat Umda
40 Dhar Dahi Palwat 85 Alirajpur Jobat Umeri
41 Dhar Dahi Panhal 86 Alirajpur Jobat Wagdi
42 Dhar Dahi Pendharwani 87 Alirajpur Jobat Wanjabaida
43 Dhar Dahi Piplud List of Villages in Kukshi Tehsil
44 Dhar Dahi Rangaon 88 Dhar Kukshi Awali

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89 Dhar Kukshi Akhada 110 Dhar Kukshi Karkada

90 Dhar Kukshi Bawadya 111 Dhar Kukshi Kharwa
91 Dhar Kukshi Bamanbardi 112 Dhar Kukshi Kapasi
92 Dhar Kukshi Bhimpura 113 Dhar Kukshi Kundara
93 Dhar Kukshi Chikli 114 Dhar Kukshi Mogara
94 Dhar Kukshi Chikapoti 115 Dhar Kukshi Maheshra/Mesra
95 Dhar Kukshi Chitawara 116 Dhar Kukshi Rajpuriya
96 Dhar Kukshi Chilwa 117 Dhar Kukshi Rampura
97 Dhar Kukshi Dhilwani 118 Dhar Kukshi Takari
98 Dhar Kukshi Dholya 119 Dhar Kukshi Talawadi
99 Dhar Kukshi Ghotiyadev List of Villages in Sondwa Tehsil
100 Dhar Kukshi Ghoda 120 Alirajpur Sondwa Chhoti Hatwi
101 Dhar Kukshi Jogardi 121 Alirajpur Sondwa Kulwat
102 Dhar Kukshi Jhirpaniya 122 Alirajpur Sondwa Mahalgaon
103 Dhar Kukshi Jhaba 123 Alirajpur Sondwa Soliya
104 Dhar Kukshi Jugtalai 124 Alirajpur Sondwa Semlani
105 Dhar Kukshi Kanheri Bhatyari 125 Alirajpur Sondwa Unhala
106 Dhar Kukshi Kawadiya Kheda List of Villages in Alirajpur Tehsil
107 Dhar Kukshi Khedali 126 Alirajpur Alirajpur Masni
108 Dhar Kukshi Khandlai
109 Dhar Kukshi Kurd Digpura

Demographic profile, literacy, occupation pattern, per capita income, socio-economic

profiling of the project benefitted villages and brief description of villagers’
opinion/perception regarding the project, have been presented in EIA report. The analysis
shows a clear picture that the construction of this project will be able to bring improved
quality of life paving a path of development for the present and future generation which in
turn can improve their life and prevailing circumstances. This Project may open new
avenues for giving an opportunity to the people for accessing their rights on health,
education, livelihood and other empowerments. The increased yield due to assured
irrigation will lead to integrated development of agriculture in the region.

7. IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND MITIGATION

Noise and air quality: In a water resources project, air and noise pollution occurs mainly
during project construction phase. During operation phase, no major impacts are
envisaged.

Mitigation measures have been recommended to control dust emissions and other sources
of air pollution such as emissions from DG sets and construction equipment, etc. to have
minimum impact in the surrounding of construction sites. Similarly, mitigation measures
have been recommended for control of noise for workers at construction sites as well as
for residents of surrounding areas.

Water resources: Water conductor system shall be crossing 135 small seasonal nallas.
These will be crossed on culverts or underground by push method; in both the cases,

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course of the drainage will not be altered. Conservation of water should be implemented
at construction sites to minimize the generation of wastewater.

Improved availability of irrigation water during Rabi season in the area shall lead to
reduced extraction of ground water for irrigation and domestic uses thus reversing ground
water decline in the region and increasing availability of ground water for drinking and
irrigation use during summer.

Muck Management: The tentative quantity required to be disposed off form primarily
rising mains and gravity distributaries has been worked out as nearly 6.14 lakh cum.

The excavated material will be utilized for refilling of the trenches and the approach road
proposed to be constructed for carrying the pipes at site and preparation of platform for
crane. Total excavated surplus material requiring disposal is estimated as 614356 m3,
however, this surplus quantity will be generated from a network of trenches with total
length of 1243 km; therefore, per m dug material generation will be of the order of 0.49 m3
only.

During excavation, care will be taken that top fertile soil is kept aside and will be used for
re-filling the top area after laying pipe line. This top soil will be spread on adjoining farming
fields with consent of farmers or alternatively will be used for green belt development.

Balance muck will be managed by spreading along the route in the low lying areas. As the
topography is undulating, such low lying areas are available along the route. Any further
surplus muck shall be laid in the community undulating area of the connected villages with
the consent of concerning Gram-panchayat or Janpad Panchayat. The muck may also be
used by nearby Gram Panchayats for construction of village roads etc.

A lump sum provision of capital expenditure of Rs. 100.0 lakh has been made for muck
disposal.

Construction Waste Management: Construction activities are associated with 3 types of

waste generation:
• Construction and Demolition Waste
• Hazardous Waste
• Municipal Solid Waste from labour camps/colonies

Mitigation measures have been recommended in line with Construction & Demolition
Waste Management Rules, 2016 to have minimum impact on this count.

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Change in cropping pattern: There would be change in cropping pattern. More area would
come under crops because of increase in irrigation intensity. Apart from additional crops,
project will also have positive impacts in terms of improved efficiency leading to bumper crops
in otherwise water scarce area.
Flora and fauna: No significant impact is envisaged on flora and fauna due to absence of
significant vegetation/forest in the region. Only 39.445 ha of forest land shall be diverted
for laying of rising mains, electrical line and establishment of permanent structures.

Compensatory Afforestation: The entire micro irrigation system has been aligned in such a
way, that it requires only 39.445 ha of forest land for laying of rising/ gravity mains and
transmission line. As per the guidelines of Forest Conservation Act, 1980 block plantation is
to be taken up two times (78.89 ha) of the above ground component of forest land
diversion in the denuded or degraded forest areas [39.445 ha x 2 = 78.89 ha]. It is
estimated that an amount of approximately 433.895 lakh will be required for
compensatory afforestation (78.89 ha @ Rs 5.5 lakh/ha = 433.895 lakh) and Rs. 246.926
lakh for Net Present Value (NPV) (39.445 ha @ Rs 6.26 lakh/ha = 246.926 lakh) thus a total
of Rs. 680.821 lakh is budgeted. However, site specific detailed scheme for Compensatory
afforestation shall be prepared and undertaken by State Forest Department.

Plantation in Command Area: To improve green cover for floral and faunal improvement in
the command, it is proposed that plantation in 117.50 hectare (0.25% of command area) in
several patches in non-forest waste land will be done subject to availability of suitable land.
These plantations will be maintained for five years & will be handed over to Panchayat for
management. The plantations may be done by forest wing of NVDA, forest department or
local Panchyats. A provision of Rs. 528.75 lakh has been made for the same.

Amenities for Workers: Construction phase of projects is generally associated with impacts
related to labor congregation in an area, where labour camps/colonies are constructed and
such phases last for a few years. However, micro irrigation schemes require laying of
pipeline, where labour is scattered and mobile. Therefore, such construction phase impacts
are not envisaged. Keeping in view the health concerns and reduce the impact of sanitation
and hygiene of local area, where temporary labour camps will be set up, following
minimum facilities are proposed at these locations with a budget of Rs. 185 lakhs:
• Potable drinking water
• Temporary shelters with sanitation facilities
• Mobile toilets
• Crèche for female workers
• First aid facilities
• Occupational health check up
• Energy Conservation Measures
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs), as required

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Medical Facilities: Medical facility will be provided in the project area at a budget of Rs.
109 lakh to combat water and vector borne diseases and also at construction site to ensure
safety and health of workers during the entire construction phase:

• One fully equipped ambulance need to be procured to provide pre-hospital care to

accident victims during construction phase. The ambulance should always be
stationed near major construction sites or the sites where risky operations are taking
place.
• Provisions have been made for strengthening existing PHCs and PHSCs in the area.
• Provisions have been made to assist health department to combat outbreak of
water/vector borne diseases due to implementation of the project.

Education and Awareness of farmers: Micro irrigation by lift irrigation is being introduced
on large scale involving pumping and conveying water through pipe line, it is felt that
awareness must be created amongst farmers through dissipation of information, training and
motivated to adopt new technology. Thus farmers will be trained to adopt new technology
by organizing awareness and training camps at village Water User Association (WUA),
Panchayat and Jan Pad level. In awareness camps there will be emphasis on limited use of
chemical fertilizers and increased use of bio fertilizers. An amount of Rs. 94 lakh has been
provided to be spread over a period of 4 years for this purpose.

Preventive measures for leakages, bursting and corrosion in pipeline: The entire system is
closed conduit for conveyance of water up to farm level. The arrangement for leak
detection; preventive action for bursting of pipeline and preventive/ control measures for
the various components like desilting arrangements, anti-corrosion measures, have been
prescribed. A provision of two number of chassis mounted dewatering pumps of adequate
capacity has been made in the project budget for the purpose of clearing the water logged
areas during emergency. A budgetary provision of Rs 30 lakh has been made for the same.

COVID Consideration: Keeping in view the Covid19 pandemic all around the world from the
beginning of this year; all projects need to make provisions to avoid risk of spread of highly
infectious diseases like Covid19. At present, the spread of Covid19 in India is at alarming
level and all construction sites have to follow specific protocols and government advisories.
Therefore, the project should made provisions to ensure taking adequate measures to
control the spread of disease among workforce. A lumpsum budgetary provision of Rs.
10.00 lakh has been kept on this count to ensure required, testing, training and awareness,
masks, etc. as per the requirement at the time of implementation.

8. FINANCIAL REQUIREMENT FOR MITIGATION & MANAGEMENT MEASURES

Financial requirement has been assessed for above aspects as Rs. 2445.57 lakh and same
have been tabulated below:

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Sl. No Component of EMP Budget (Rs. In lakhs)

1 Biodiversity Conservation Plan 300.00
2 Fisheries Management Plan* 0.00
3 Environmental Management in Labour Camps 121.00
4 Public Health Delivery System 109.00
5 Restoration and Landscaping of Construction Sites 78.75
6 Greenbelt Development 150.00
7 Air Pollution Control 40.00
8 Water Pollution Control 40.00
9 Energy Conservation Measures 25.00
10 Public Awareness Program 94.00
11 Resettlement and Rehabilitation Plan 0.00
12 Muck Disposal Plan 100.00
13 Catchment Area Treatment Plan** 0.00
14 Compensatory Afforestation Plan*** 680.82
15 Disaster Management Plan 30.00
16 Environmental Monitoring During Construction 57.00
17 Purchase of Noise Meter 1.00
18 COVID Consideration 10.00
19 Corporate Environment Responsibility Plan 564.00
20 Miscellaneous - PPEs, Health Check-ups, First Aid Boxes 45.00
Total 2445.57
* No reservoir created **No independent catchment ***Estimated cost, actual will be as per forest department
proposal

9. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMME

The monitoring program for the Project will be undertaken to meet the following
objectives:
• To monitor the environmental conditions of nearby area;
• To check on whether mitigation and benefit enhancement measures have actually been
adopted, and are proving effective in practice

Plan for surface & ground water, soil, land use /land cover, air quality, noise, and ecological
monitoring have been suggested and cost provisions of Rs. 58.00 lakh have been made
accordingly, as tabulated below.

Grand
Total
S. Capital Cost Maintenance/Recurring (Rs. In lakh)
Activities Quantities (Rs. in
No. (Rs. in lakh)
lakh)
I Yr II Yr III Yr IV Yr Total
Surface & Ground 10 locations twice
1 -- 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 8.00 8.00
Water a year
10 locations twice
2 Soil characteristics -- 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 8.00 8.00
a year
Land use/Land once a year for 3
3 -- 5.00 5.00 5.00 0.0 15.00 15.00
cover years
5 locations thrice
4 Air Quality -- 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 12.00 12.00
a year
5 Noise once a month for 1.00 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 2.00 3.00

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Grand
Total
S. Capital Cost Maintenance/Recurring (Rs. In lakh)
Activities Quantities (Rs. in
No. (Rs. in lakh)
lakh)
I Yr II Yr III Yr IV Yr Total
2 years
6 Ecological once a year -- 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 12.00 12.00
Total 1.00 15.5 15.5 15.5 10.50 57.00 58.00

10. CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT RESPONSIBILITY PLAN

Corporate Environment Responsibility (CER) is new concept, initiated in 2018 by
Government of India, under which greenfield as well as brownfield project will allocate
budget for the well-being of the affected areas around the project. NVDA, Government of
Madhya Pradesh, is committed to allocate CER fund in the project as outlined in the OM
dated May 01, 2018 issued by MoEF&CC, Government of India.

As per the OM issued by MoEF&CC, proposed activities under CER shall be restricted to the
affected area around the project. This being a lift irrigation scheme, there are no project
affected families as the private permanent land requirement for the project is only 7 ha. In
addition, 47 ha will be required temporarily for laying of the pipeline and this land will be
restored and returned to the farmers. Therefore, focus area for CER activities will be
project surrounding villages (126 benefitted villages) with special reference to tribal
population.

The activity is proposed to be taken up during the Project construction period and
completed along with the completion of the project. The entire activities proposed under
the CER shall be treated as project and shall be monitored. The monitoring report shall be
submitted as part of half yearly compliance report, and also to the district collector. It
should also be posted on the website of NVDA. Total cost of the project is Rs. 1127.82
crore, as per the OM, the budget for CER activities shall be 0.5% of the total project cost
(for projects above Rs. 1000 crore) i.e. Rs. 5.64 crore, to be utilised over the period of 4
years. The total budget allocated for implementing the various activity and program
envisaged under CER in affected area around the project is given in table below.

S. No Focus Area Amount (Rs in Lakhs)

A Education 75
B Health Care 125
C Infrastructure Development 75
D Agriculture and Animal Husbandry 25
E Skill Development and Training 150
F Livelihood Enhancement for Economic Self Reliance 65
G Sports 25
H Common Interest Activity 24
Total 564

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11. PROJECT BENEFITS

The project will bring water to 126 villages, which are presently water scarce and cannot
irrigate their land efficiently due to shortage of water. The project will bring direct
environment and social benefits, which in turn will bring prosperity to the area and
increase spending power of farmers, bringing economic benefits to the region. Direct
benefits include public health infrastructure, awareness and training programs for farmers,
etc.

12. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (EMP)

EMP deals with the description of the administrative aspects of ensuring that mitigation
measures are implemented and their effectiveness monitored. NVDA is the project
proponent/implementing agency for the entire scheme. NVDA has engaged M/s Laxmi Civil
Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd. for design and execution of the work including its operation
post commissioning. Institutional arrangement for planning and implementing various
mitigation and management measures along with carrying out environment monitoring are
discussed in detail in EIA report.

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NVDA EIA/EMP study for Dahi Micro Lift Irrigation Scheme

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